Best Movie of the Year?

the3rdstream

iam going with this, although iam not sure if it qualifies as this year... runners up for me...

hertzhog

I'm going with Departed, and yeah I think Sympathy for Lady V came out last year (that said, I don't think it's more than a 6/10). Not really a big movie year, as usual. I still gotta see the Lynch film.

el_sparko

Could you say what those movies are? or will you be carrying on in the Soulstrut tradition of posting random pictures and assuming everyone will know what they are even if they haven't seen the movie?

the3rdstream

I'm going with Departed, and yeah I think Sympathy for Lady V came out last year (that said, I don't think it's more than a 6/10). Not really a big movie year, as usual. I still gotta see the Lynch film.

i dont think lady vegence came to american shores till this year thats why i counted in 2006

i have not seen departed yet, but i usually dont count decaprio movies too high, so i have my doubts

the3rdstream

Could you say what those movies are? or will you be carrying on in the Soulstrut tradition of posting random pictures and assuming everyone will know what they are even if they haven't seen the movie?

lady vengence
pan's labyrinth
hills have eyes

thrope

i find it weird when people are referring to a film by a legendary director as a "_star of the film_ movie"

i understand that sometimes people hate actors so much that it might ruin a movie, but this is a "scorcese movie" not a "leonardo movie" damnit :P

grandpa_shig

im going with either borat or jackass2.

the3rdstream

i find it weird when people are referring to a film by a legendary director as a "_star of the film_ movie"

i understand that sometimes people hate actors so much that it might ruin a movie, but this is a "scorcese movie" not a "leonardo movie" damnit :P

i hate the dude that much

thrope

also my best of the year would be....



brick
the departed
the descent
miami vice (no need to rip me apart, i understand nobody else likes this movie)
running scared (DITTO)


my mind is coming up pretty blank to be honest. maybe that means it wasnt a very good year for movies? heh (didnt help that all of the indy comedies everyone loved didnt do shit for me this year --thank you for smoking, little miss sunshine--)

grandpa_shig

the hills has eyes is good? i might have to rent that one now.

the3rdstream

the hills has eyes is good? i might have to rent that one now.

i likes it, few of my friends didn't most of them thought it was the best survival horror film since the 80s, myself included

the3rdstream

the descent

i forgot about this and didnt count it since i saw it in 2005, the mole people didnt scare me but the movie gave me claustrophobia like crazy, great movie

thrope

yeah technically brick came out in 2005 too (at like 4 small festivals) but i had to include both :P

GenePontecorvo

Hills Have Eyes definitely brought it on the Gore/Violence tip.

Brick is awesome.

I just saw Little Miss Susnshine on Xmas Eve.....nice little flick.

soulmarcosa

As an avid movie fan and former 2-to-4-theatre visits-per-month person, I just realized that I only saw two new movies in 2006: X-MEN 3 & RUNNING SCARED, both of which were good but not great, and I didn't even see RS in the theatre. My second 2006 theatre visit was LE CERCLE ROUGE which was from 1970 and much better than the two above films.

MOVIES IN 2006:

DjArcadian

MOVIES IN 2006:

I pretty much agree. Here's a list of what I've seen from this year.

The Departed: Probably the best of the lot. Not Scorsese's best but still highly entertaining. If Scorsese's didn't win the Oscar for Taxi Driver, Raging Bull or Goodfellas I wouldn't want him to win for this. Fuck the Academy although given this years selection I think he's a shoein but I've thought that before.

Marie Antoinette: Nice attempt but Sofia was trying to much to be a Terrence Malick here. Still, visually it was great but I don't think Dunst was able to pull it off.

The Fountain: Interesting film but not as good as his past works. Requiem and Pi were both entertaining and intelligent. This lacked in the entertaining department.

V for Vendetta: Pop corn flick. Very entertaining but it didn't have that epic look I think it was trying to go for at times. Too often it felt like it was filmed in a studio.

Little Miss Sunshine: Overrated but the end is hilarious. I otherwise thought this film was trying to be too quirky and the pacing was all wrong. They should have cut out the mute brother all together.

Mission: Impossible III: Crap

Superman Returns: Crap. Why do people like Kevin Spacey so much?

Snakes on a Plane: Crap but at least it didn't pretend to be high art.

Inside Man: uninteresting. Spike did this one for the paycheck and it shows

thrope

couldnt disagree with you any more on inside man (spike puts basically ALL of his trademarks in this flick and it rises above a popcorn movie about robbing a bank)


BUT


"Little Miss Sunshine: Overrated but the end is hilarious. I otherwise thought this film was trying to be too quirky and the pacing was all wrong. They should have cut out the mute brother all together. "







i actually heard someone say they liked the movie up until the end and then it started sucking......i'm not sure what movie they were watching, the end was the only part that saved the movie

bassie

to continue the La Haine thread somewhat, I saw Sheitan last night with Vincent Cassel. at the Toronto Film Festival, Costa Gavras presented La Haine as one his favourite films and ended up bringing Kim Chapiron, the director for Sheitan, on stage with him for the Q&A. Chapiron is friends with Gavras' son and they both belong to the same art collective as Cassel and Kassovitz...yea, fascinating huh?



Sheitan could have been the best movie of the year for me, but there was no cohesiveness to it - just one scene after another with no real reason for the madness and violence. crazy people living in the French countyside just isn't compelling enough of a storyline. good cast, kinda sexy, nice attempt at some non-linear story-telling and some unique takes on yet another film about things going horribly wrong in rural France. Cassel was very good.

i agree that this year was kinda ho-hum, but The Hills Have Eyes, Day Night Day Night, Severance and The Proposition (2005) were all pretty good.

the3rdstream

well hello miss bassie...
this comes out today on dvd in the US, looks like iam stopping at the video store tonight, thanks for that review

just watched sevrence last night, same ideas hostel but a lot better

bassie

well hello miss bassie...
this comes out today on dvd in the US, looks like iam stopping at the video store tonight, thanks for that review

just watched sevrence last night, same ideas hostel but a lot better

well hello! i should have also mentioned that there are some good moments of tension and good female characters in Sheitan...let me know what you think of it.

thrope

oh yeah thats another one, the proposition was def in my top 3-5

Big_Chan

The Departed. I liked Lady Vengeance as well, but it was out before 2006.

DrWu

Just saw Inside Man last night. I thought this was a very good movie and the best Spike Joint in a very long time. His mastery of the subtlies of NYC multiculti life as well as a fun non-conventional heist movie plot made for a great experience.

Personally, I thought THe Departed was a train wreck of a movie with some very good acting in it. The ending is just str8 retarded. Plus, Scorcese needs to stop playing Stones songs in his movies.

Shiggy, I only saw three other movies this year (newborns take it out of ya), Borat and Jackass 2 being two of them. Liked both a lot.

Lastly, saw the new Bond flick. Nice change of pace but overly long.

Kaushik

Some Indian movies that made my list:

DOR -- beautifully shot in Rajasthan, India
http://www.dorthefilm.com/



CORPORATE -- slick look at power and corruption in Indian business
http://www.corporatethefilm.com/



RANG DE BASANTI -- biggest surprise hit of the year, a great flick
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rang_De_Basanti

DjArcadian

The Science of Sleep

Damn, how could I forget this! One of my favorite this year.

theHumanchee

anybody seen children of men yet? I've heard great things, waiting until I'm back in NYC to see it.

a potential buzzer beater for best of the year.

grandpa_shig

what the hell are some of these movies you all are talking bout?

im tlakin bout real merican art films, dudes. jackass2 is obviously an homage to the lumiere bro's l'arroseur l'arrose, one of the quintessential films of the 19th century and i might add a forefather to the "cinema of spectacle" that is oft' mentioned in numerous film historical texts.

Junior

I liked Lady Vengeance as well, but it was out before 2006.

Yep, also, while decent, it suffered in my unfair comparison to Old Boy. Enjoyed it more on second viewing though.

As for films of this year, um, eh. I enjoyed A Bitterweet Life but suspect that it's another one that's taken a few years to get over to these shores.

Departed was a definite highlight of the year but whether it will go down as a great film rather than a really good one will have to be determined when I rewatch it at home. Yet to see Volver but I suspect this may be another case of critics overeager to praise a recognised great director before it's too late.

Apart from that, I think I've seen pretty much every major release and none of them made much of an impact (though i did quite enjoy A Scanner Darkly), even Pixar's contribution was weak. Cue, 'is film dead?' discussion.

Young_Phonics

"Little Miss Sunshine: Overrated but the end is hilarious. I otherwise thought this film was trying to be too quirky and the pacing was all wrong. They should have cut out the mute brother all together. "







i actually heard someone say they liked the movie up until the end and then it started sucking......i'm not sure what movie they were watching, the end was the only part that saved the movie

You guys don't like movies.

seriously though, I would mention Borat and Jackass as well.

Worst Film:

Brick
Babel

You want to talk about contrvied and forced.......

SoulOnIce

numerous film historical texts.

TEXTS?

Gee, Uncle - wouldn't that involve READING?

grandpa_shig

numerous film historical texts.

TEXTS?

Gee, Uncle - wouldn't that involve READING?

uh, i mean, so i heard from other um people that read and stuffs.